Christina Michael

Indian Valley High School

Class of 2005

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Christina Michael - Class of 2005 - Indian Valley High School

First Name	Christina
Last Name	Michael
Graduation Year	Class of 2005
Gender	Female
Current Location	Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Hometown	Lewistown, Pennsylvania
Relationship Status	Engaged
About Me	After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963), "Music at Night", 1931 Signs you have been in marching band to long 1. When you hear music and you start marking time. 2. When you walk behind someone and you’re in step with them. 3. When you try to guess the tempo of your favorite song. 4. When all your friends are in the band. 5. When you don’t mind changing clothes on the bus. 6. When you point out key changes and dynamics while listening to the radio. 7. When every guy/girl you’re interested in is in the band. 8. When you like wearing your uniform. 9. When people ask you about your social life and you say, “Oh, you mean my flute/trumpet/drum/etc.?” 10. When you consider your drill book a fashion accessory. 11. When someone hits a wrong note and you chew them out for an hour. 12. When you practice your instrument more than you talk to your dog. 13. When being mauled by a drum is a normal part of life. 14. When people worry when they see you without you instrument. 15. When “armed guard,” means a girl with a pole instead of a guy with a gun. 16. When band camp is FUN. 17. When you answer to “Band Nerd.” or "Band Geek" 18. When someone says the words “atten-hut” and you automatically put your head up. 19. When you remember flats and sharps more easily than your name. 20. When you dress the lunch line, and urge others to do the same. 21. When your mouth is frozen to your mouth piece, and it feels normal. 22. When left slides or right back slides feel normal. 23. When your instrument has a name. 24. When you remember your instrument’s birthday and forget your mom’s. 25. When making a line is you biggest accomplishment of the day. 26. When back marching no longer reminds you of ballet. 27. When you give your instrument a birthday party. 28. When you can make white shoes look black. 29. When your uniform fits. 30. When black feathers become a fashion “do”. 31. When you see your section more than you see your family. 32. When everyone wants to kill the other football team…and you want to kill the other band. 33. When you have dreams about early morning marching band. 34. When you think morning practices should start a half-hour earlier. 35. When you accidentally call your band director “Dad”. 36. When you CAN sight-read. 37. When you can put on you uniform in less than 10 minutes. 38. When reeds taste good. 39. When you have a band song stuck in your head, and you tap your foot to the beat. 40. When you think your plume is alive. 41. When marking time is your favorite form of exercise. 42. When you have a neck strap/harness tan line. 43. When you subconsciously start practicing with a pencil. 44. When numbers past 8 aren’t important. 45. When you’re more opinionated about the Madison vs. American Fork Bands than the Monica Lewinsky scandal. 46. When you roll-step through the cafeteria so you don’t spill your lunch. 47. When you’d rather practice than read this list. 48. When letters past G aren’t important. 49. When the only class you look forward to is band. 50. When you actually like marching band and would kill to do it all year long. 51. When you wonder what life would be like if you weren’t in band. 52. When you roll step while you walk to class. 53. When you major in music. 54. When you use your high school band director as a role model. 55. When those stupid “band humor” jokes are the funniest things you’ve ever heard. 56. When you pick the instruments from the music in cartoons. 57. When you start screaming “LEFT! LEFT! LEFT!” to the people that walk in front of you on the way to class. 58. When you’ve dated everyone in the band and now wonder if you’re ever going to have another date. 59. When you think the trumpeters have a right to be egotistical. 60. When you don’t think the flutist have a slight attitude problem. 61. When you change your instrument to the tuba. 62. When you have perfect pitch. 63. When the band director is always right. 64. When you marry that special someone in your section. 65. When you have kids and force them to be in music. 66. When you get the jokes on this list. 67. when you aren’t sure which is more dangerous a girl with a flag or a guy with a gun! 1. When you hear music and you start marking time. 2. When you walk behind someone and you’re in step with them. 3. When you try to guess the tempo of your favorite song. 4. When all your friends are in the band. 5. When you don’t mind changing clothes on the bus. 6. When you point out key changes and dynamics while listening to the radio. 7. When every guy/girl you’re interested in is in the band. 8. When you like wearing your uniform. 9. When people ask you about your social life and you say, “Oh, you mean my flute/trumpet/drum/etc.?” 10. When you consider your drill book a fashion accessory. 11. When someone hits a wrong note and you chew them out for an hour. 12. When you practice your instrument more than you talk to your dog. 13. When being mauled by a drum is a normal part of life. 14. When people worry when they see you without you instrument. 15. When “armed guard,” means a girl with a pole instead of a guy with a gun. 16. When band camp is FUN. 17. When you answer to “Band Nerd.” 18. When someone says the words “atten hut” and you automatically put your head up. 19. When you remember flats and sharps more easily than your name. 20. When you dress the lunch line, and urge others to do the same. 21. When your mouth is frozen to your mouth piece, and it feels normal. 22. When left slides or right back slides feel normal. 23. When your instrument has a name. 24. When you remember your instrument’s birthday and forget your mom’s. 25. When making a line is you biggest accomplishment of the day. 26. When back marching no longer reminds you of ballet. 27. When you give your instrument a birthday party. 28. When you can make white shoes look black. 29. When your uniform fits. 30. When black feathers become a fashion “do”. 31. When you see your section more than you see your family. 32. When everyone wants to kill the other football team…and you want to kill the other band. 33. When you have dreams about early morning marching band. 34. When you think morning practices should start a half-hour earlier. 35. When you accidentally call your band director “Dad”. 36. When you CAN sight-read. 37. When you can put on you uniform in less than 10 minutes. 38. When reeds taste good. 39. When you have a band song stuck in your head, and you tap your foot to the beat. 40. When you think your plume is alive. 41. When marking time is your favorite form of exercise. 42. When you have a neck strap/harness tan line. 43. When you subconsciously start practicing with a pencil. 44. When numbers past 8 aren’t important. 45. When you’re more opinionated about the Madison vs. American Fork Bands than the Monica Lewinsky scandal. 46. When you roll-step through the cafeteria so you don’t spill your lunch. 47. When you’d rather practice than read this list. 48. When letters past G aren’t important. 49. When the only class you look forward to is band. 50. When you actually like marching band and would kill to do it all year long. 51. When you wonder what life would be like if you weren’t in band. 52. When you roll step while you walk to class. 53. When you major in music. 54. When you use your high school band director as a role model. 55. When those stupid “band humor” jokes are the funniest things you’ve ever heard. 56. When you pick the instruments from the music in cartoons. 57. When you start screaming “LEFT! LEFT! LEFT!” to the people that walk in front of you on the way to class. 58. When you’ve dated everyone in the band and now wonder if you’re ever going to have another date. 59. When you think the trumpeters have a right to be egotistical. 60. When you don’t think the flutist have a slight attitude problem. 61. When you change your instrument to the tuba. 62. When you have perfect pitch. 63. When the band director is always right. 64. When you marry that special someone in your section. 65. When you have kids and force them to be in music. 66. When you get the jokes on this list. 67. when you aren’t sure which is more dangerous a girl with a flag or a guy with a gun! You might be an EMT if... You find humor in other people's stupidity... You believe that 90% of people are a poor excuse for protoplasm... Discussing dismemberment over a gourmet meal seems perfectly normal to you... Your idea of a good time is a full arrest at shift change... You believe in aerial spraying of Prozac... You disbelieve 90% of what you are told and 75% of what you see... You automatically assume the patient is a drug seeker when presented with a complaint of: (choose one ): migraine, lower back pain, chronic myalgia and , a list of numerous allergies to meds (except Demerol),the statement that the family doctor is from out of town... You believe that "shallow gene pool" should be a recognized diagnosis... You have discovered a new condition that you call "hypo-Xanax-emia"... You believe that the government should require a permit to reproduce... You believe that "Ask-a-Nurse" is an evil plot thought up by Satan... You believe that having an ambulance at a "Health Fair" was his next idea... You believe that unspeakable evils will befall you if the phrase "Wow, it's really quiet" is uttered... You say to yourself "great veins" when looking at complete strangers ... You don't think a referral to Dr. Kevorkian is inappropriate... You have ever answered a "lost condom" call... You refer to someone in severe respiratory distress as a "smurf"... Your idea of a good time is dueling shock rooms... You have ever wanted to hold a seminar entitled "Suicide...Doing It Right"... You feel that most suicide attempts should be given a free subscription to "Guns and Ammo" magazine... You believe that "too stupid to live" should be a diagnosis... You have ever had a patient look you straight in the eye and say "I have no idea how that got stuck in there"... You have ever had to leave a patient's room before you begin to laugh uncontrollably... You think that caffeine should be available in I.V. form... You have ever restrained someone and it was not a sexual experience... You have witnessed the charge nurse muttering down the hallway "Who's in charge of this mess anyway?"... *You believe the waiting room should be equipped with a Valium fountain... # Your idea of fine dining is anywhere you can sit down to eat... # You get an almost irresistible urge to stand and wolf your food even in the nicest restaurants... # You plan your dinner break while lavaging an overdose patient... # Your diet consists of food that has gone through more processing than most computers... # You believe chocolate is a food group... # You refer to vegetables and are not talking about a food group... # You believe a good tape job will fix anything... # You have the bladder capacity of five people... # You can identify the positive teeth to tattoo ratio... You firmly believe that if Dilantin, Haldol, Noranyl, and Narcan were put in the water instead of fluoride Dentists may be busier but EMS would grind to a halt... # You have your weekends off planned for a year in advance... # Your idea of comforting a child includes placing them in a papoose restraint... # You encourage an obnoxious patient to sign out AMA so you don't have to deal with them any longer... # You threaten to strangle anyone who even starts to say the "q" word when it is even remotely calm... # You refer to Friday as Con-Home Dump Day... # You are totally astounded when someone from a convalescent home is understandable... # You take it as a compliment when someone calls you dirty name... # You say to yourself "great veins" when looking at complete strangers ... # You have ever referred to someone's death as a "Celestial Transfer"... # You have ever referred to someone's death as a transfer to the "Eternal Care Unit"... # You refer to someone in severe respiratory distress as a "smurf"... # Your idea of a good time is dueling shock rooms... # You have ever wanted to hold a seminar entitled "Suicide...Doing It Right"... # You believe that "too stupid to live" should be a diagnosis... # You have ever had a patient look you straight in the eye and say "I have no idea how that got stuck in there"... # You have ever had to leave a patient's room before you begin to laugh uncontrollably... # You have ever wanted to reply "yes" when someone calls the E.R. and asks "Is my (husband, wife, mother, brother, friend, etc.) there?"... # You have ever issued a "dead head" alert... # You have ever referred to the E.R. Doc , triage nurse, or partner as a "shit magnet"... # Your favorite hallucinogen is exhaustion... # You think that caffeine should be available in I.V. form... # You have ever restrained someone and it was not a sexual experience... # You believe that "too stupid to live" should be a diagnosis... # You have ever had a patient look you straight in the eye and say "I have no idea how that got stuck in there"... # You have ever had to leave a patient's room before you begin to laugh uncontrollably... # You have ever wanted to reply "yes" when someone calls the E.R. and asks "Is my (husband, wife, mother, brother, friend, etc.) there?"... # You have ever issued a "dead head" alert... # You have ever referred to the E.R. Doc , triage nurse, or partner as a "shit magnet"... # Your favorite hallucinogen is exhaustion... # You think that caffeine should be available in I.V. form... # You have ever restrained someone and it was not a sexual experience... # You have witnessed the charge nurse muttering down the hallway "Who's in charge of this mess anyway?"... # You have ever used the phrase "health care reform" to instill fear into your coworkers' hearts... # You believe the waiting room should be equipped with a Valium fountain... # You play poker by betting ectopics on EKG strips... # You believe a "Supreme Being consult" is your patients only hope... # You want lab to order a "dumb shit profile"... # You have been exposed to so many X-rays that you consider radiation a form of birth control... # You believe your patient is demonically possessed... # You believe that waiting room time should be proportional to length of time from symptom onset ("You've had the pain for three weeks...well have a seat in the waiting room and we'll get to you in three days")... # Your most common assessment question is "what changed tonight to make it an emergency after 6 (hours, days, weeks, months, years)?"... # You know the phone number to the local Detox Center by heart... # You have ever had a patient say, "But I'm not pregnant, I can't be pregnant. How can I be having a baby?"... # You have ever had a patient control his seizures when offered some food... # You carry your own set of keys to the "leathers"... # Your idea of gambling is an blood alcohol level pool instead of a football pool... # Your bladder expands to the same size as a Winnebago's water tank... # Your feet are slightly flatter and tougher than Fred Flintstone's... # Your immune system is so well developed that it has been known to attack squirrels in the backyard... # You have a special shrine in your home to the inventor of Haldol... # Your idea of an X-ray prep is a second dose of Haldol... # Your idea of a CT prep includes Norcuron and a vent... # You have recurring nightmares about being knocked to the floor and run over by a portable X-ray machine... # Your shoes have been seized and quarantined by either the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, OSHA, the EPA, or the Nuclear Regulatory Commission... # You're able to tell the difference between a medical order and the ground around a poultry farm... # You've been chipping away at your Bachelors Degree for longer than most people take for a Doctorate... # Your idea of thawing the holiday turkey consists of an IV and warmed saline... (and if the holiday turkey you usually see has arms instead of wings and is sauced instead basted) # You have every referred to subcutaneous emphysema as "Rice Krispies"... # And finally: You might be an EMS professional if you find any of this funny! You Might be a Firefighter if... 1.You can tell what type of fire it is by the smell of smoke 10 miles away. 2.You have ever had a heated debate over the color of firetrucks. 3.You have ever spent 10 min trying to force open a door only to have someone come along and open it by turning the handle. 4.You have ever taken 10 or more showers in 1 day. 5.You lay out your cloths from that day so if there is a call at night you can find them quickly. 6.You take great joy in smashing the windows of a car parked in a fire zone or in front of a hydrant. 7.You have ever been airborne without an aircraft and water was your thrust. 8.You always wear red suspenders. 9.You have ever slept in a hose bed. 10.You carry a ton of specially modified tools in your pocket. 11.You ever cursed out someone for armor-alling the seats to make them look nice. 12.You've ever clung to the air horn chord for dear life because the driver is insane. 13.You have ever played jingle bells at Xmas time on the air horns to clear traffic. 14.You double your weight every time you go on a job a building. 15.You have ever said, "she's hot tonight" and not been talking about a girl. 16.You have ever had "yoda ears" 17.You have ever called a person found after a fire a "crispy critter" 18.You have ever smoked and there wasn't a cigarette in sight. 19.You have ever stomped out a fire with your boots because you couldn't wait for water. 20.You have ever walked 3 miles into the woods in 100 degree heat in full turnout gear and a 5 gal or more water can strapped on your back just to put out a fire. 21. your kids are afraid to get into water fights with you. 22. "climbing the corporate ladder" has nothing to do with career advancement. 23.your work gear makes you sound like Darth Vader. 24.You roll around in anything that just burned to make your new gear look old. 25.You take pride in the fact that you haven't washed your gear in years. 26.You carry enough in your pockets to give the Swiss army knives competition. 27.You carry enough in your car to extinguish a minor blaze. 28.You have ever juggled hot coals with your gloves. 29.Your Own vehicle has more lights than a Christmas tree. 30.All the shirts you own say you are a firefighter. 31.You find yourself living at the fire department 365 days a year! 32.When you go to rent a movie, and they insist on getting Backdraft EVERY TIME! 33.You are caught on the back of a truck with your girlfriend or wife in the middle of something and the page goes out for a call. 34.if you have more pagers than than money in your wallet. 35.if the smell of a fire excites you more than sex does. 36.if a great stop has nothing do with a moving vehicle. 37.if assembling a mile and a half of hose to catch fire in running up hill is a good day. 38.The microwave goes off and you run out of the house thinking it was your pager. 39.you ever tried to patent a 911 blocker with the phone Company 40.if you can hear that the siren will go off even before your dog notices it. 41.If you have ever woken up thinking your pager went off and as you look at it, it goes off 42. if you have ever tested your gloves by putting a fuzzie out on your hand. 43.If you have ever been awakened with a CO2 extinguisher 44.If you have ever dried your gloves on the trucks exhaust 45.You know you're a firefighter when you really think that rusty old hydrant looks good in the garden. :) 46.All your friends give you t-shirts from their departments for your birthday, Christmas, anniversary, etc. 47.if your wife voluntarily chooses the lumpy side of the bed to Avoid being trampled in route to a call! 48.your wife/girlfriend has learned to duck and cover when she hears the pager go off for fear of being run down. 49.if you had to extricate someone by cutting the car doors off on one side and realized there was nothing wrong with the doors on the other side. 50.If you have more toy fire trucks than your kids do. 51.When you have ever made a jacuzzi out of a 2100 gallon dump tank and a rescue boat motor (15 horse Merc). ..It was hot!.............Watch yer toes! 52.When you take all of your important stuff (like wallets and pagers) out of your pockets bef...(read more)